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NEW REGIONAL-SCALE SURVEYS OF THE ADÉLIE PENGUIN BREEDING POPULATION IN PRYDZ BAY: A STEP TOWARDS IMPROVED ESTIMATION OF KRILL CONSUMPTION IN EAST ANTARCTICA
. A review of historical Adélie penguin survey data in east Antarctica revealed Prydz Bay as a ... largest breeding population of Adélie penguins in east Antarctica but the most recent abundance survey was ... conducted 30 years ago. To understand current levels of prey consumption in east Antarctica it is therefore ... critical to understand if population numbers in Prydz Bay have changed in the past three decades ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/32 : Author(s): C. Southwell, J. McKinlay, K. Newbery, L. Emmerson and J. Lieser (Australia)
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Ecosystem studies carried out during the second Ukrainian Marine Antarctic Expedition in Subareas 48.2 and 48.1 in 1998
Abstract: In 1998 the 2nd Ukrainian Marine Complex Antarctic Expedition (UMCAE) on board ... scientific research vessel "Ernst Krenkel" took place in the western part of the Atlantic sector of ... important components in the pelagic ecosystems of the areas under review. In Subarea 48.2 there were fixed ... times than the same indices for 1997). In Subarea 48.1 there were revealed the differences in size ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/5 : Author(s): V. Bibik and P. Gozhik (Ukraine)
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Research plan for toothfish in Divisions 58.4.4a and 58.4.4b by Shinsei Maru No. 3 in 2010/11
Abstract: In order to clarify the stock status and biological characteristics of Dissostichus spp ... . In Division 58.4.4 a & b, we submit this research plan for toothfish in the Division by Shinsei ... Maru No. 3 to be conducted in April-June 2011. This is the second year of the survey of the 3-5 years ... consecutive research focusing on tagging program, recommended by WG-SAM-09 in this Division, following the ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/15 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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Trends in entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at South Georgia
Abstract: A study conducted at South Georgia in 1988/1989 indicated that several thousand ... Antarctic fur seals were entangled mainly in man-made material originating from fishing vessels ... incidence has been halved in recent years. However, the South Georgia fur seal population has approximately ... doubled in the same period, so that the overall total of animals entangled may even have increased ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XV/BG/03 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Proposal by the Russian Federation to open Areas of Special Scientific Interest in three sectors of Antarctica in the CCAMLR Convention Area
Abstract: According to the Antarctic Treaty, which came into force in 1961, Antarctica is an area ... scientific research and biological resources in the Southern Ocean. The regulations on such activities are ... set forth in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and are governed ... expiration date of the Antarctic Treaty, nations are more actively showing an interest in this region and ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXIV/BG/22 : Author(s): Delegation of the Russian Federation
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Revised research plan for toothfish in Divisions 58.4.4 a and 58.4.4b by Shinsei maru No. 3 in 2012/13
Abstract: A tagging survey in SSRUs B and C in Division 58.4.4 a & b was conducted in the ... structure, size, movement and growth of Dissostichus spp. in the centred area of Division 58.4.4 a & b ... . An approximate stock biomass level of Dissostichus spp. in the survey area was tentatively estimated ... ton) was smaller than that 1 928 tonnes estimated in the WG-FSA meeting in 2011 (SC-CAMLR XXX, Annext ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/58 Rev. 1 : Author(s): Delegation of Japan
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Investigating emigration in stock assessment models of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C–H
Abstract: In 2013, the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR could not achieve consensus on a stock ... status for Antarctic toothfish in Subarea 88.2 SSRUs 88.2C-H and identified several areas for further ... work. This was presented to WG-SAM in 2014, and found that the models were unable to fit patterns in ... the recaptures of tagged fish seen in the SSRU 88.2H fishery. The patterns showed a sharp decay rate ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/56 : Author(s): S. Mormede, A. Dunn and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)
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Protection of young fish and spawning aggregations in the fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in Subarea 48.3 (South Georgia): a discussion
Abstract: The need to protect young fish and spawning aggregations in fisheries generally, and ... specifically in the C. gunnari fishery in Subarea 48.3, is reviewed. Mechanisms available to achieve these ... objectives are discussed, including the measures put in place by CCAMLR to date. These measures are re ... -examined in the light of new information, and a strategy for the future protection of young fish and ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/52 : Author(s): G. Parkes (United Kingdom)
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Research plan for the exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 and Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a in 2013/14
Abstract: Japan has notified its intention to participate in the exploratory fisheries for ... Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 48.6 and Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a in 2013/14. The research plan ... details the objectives, rationale and activities proposed for research fishing, in accordance with ... Conservation Measures 21-02 and 24-01. A progress report on the research fishing in Subarea 48.6 in 2012/13 was ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-13/09 : Author(s): Submitted by the Secretariat on behalf of Japan
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Preliminary assessment of mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) in the vicinity of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Division 58.5.2), based on a survey in July 2007, using the generalised yield model
Abstract: A survey of mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, was undertaken in Division ... 58.5.2 in the vicinity of Heard Island in July 2007 to provide the information for an assessment of short ... -term annual yield in the 2007/2008 CCAMLR season. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of yield ... strong 1+ year class recruiting to the population has led to an increase in the estimated biomass of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/47 : Author(s): D.C. Welsford (Australia)